218 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



HAB. Swamps and \vet woods. Can. to Flor. June, July. ^> 

 Shrub 46 feet high. Flutn ra -white, in racemes which are *> 

 or 4 inches long. Curol contracted at the raouth. Anthers cleft, 

 4-awned. . 



6. A. arborea Linn, .-branches terete ; leaves oblong-oval, acumi- 

 nate, sharply serrate, smooth ; panicles terminal, many-spiked ; corol 

 ovate- oblong, pubescent ; anthers unawned, linear. 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Flor. June, July. *>. A beauti- 

 ful tree 40 50 feet high. Leaves large, shining above, paler be- 

 neath. Floiccrs white, in large terminal panicles consisting of 

 numerous secund racemes or spikes. Sorrel Tree. 



7. i ligustrina Mulil. : pubescent ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, minutely serrulate ; flower-bearing brandies terminal, panicu- 

 late, naked ; corol nearly globose, pubescent ; anthers unawned. A. 

 paniculate Pursh. Vaccinhun ligit.*tri/nim Linn, not of Mich. Lyoniu 

 paniculate Aid/. 



HAB. Swamps, &c. N. Y. to Car. June, July. >>. Shrub 

 4 6 feet high. Flutters white, in compound nearly naked and 

 erect panicles. Corol small, white, pubescent. 



4. CLETHRA. Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Style 

 persistent. Stigma short and trifid. Capsule 3-celled, 3- 

 valved, enclosed by the calyx. Dccandria. Monogynia. 



C. alntfolia Linn. : leaves cuneate-obovate, acute, serrate, smooth, 

 of the same colour on both sides; racemes spiked, simple, bracteate. 

 hoary tomentose. 



HAB. Swamps. N. Y. to Car. July, Aug. f>. Shrub 36 

 feet high. Flojper* white, in long terminal racemes or spikes, 

 with downy pedicels. Siccct Pepper-bush. 



5. MENZIESIA. Smith. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corol ovate, 4 5-cleft. Stamens 

 S 10, inserted into the receptacle. Capsule 4 5-.celled, 

 dissepiments produced by the inflected margins of the valves. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong. Octandria. Monogynia. 



1. M. catrulca Sicartz : stem branched, woody below ; leaves scatter- 

 ed, crowded, linear- toothed ; peduncles terminal, aggregate, 1 -flower- 

 ed ; flowers bell-shaped, 5-cleft, decandrous ; calyx very acute. An- 

 dromeda cctrulea Unn. Erica cantli 11 i/fd. 



HAB. White Hills, N. H. N. W. Coast and Labrador. July. ^. 

 An evergreen shrub resembling a heath in its foliage and flow- 

 ers. Leaves one third of an inch long. Flowers large, purple, 

 on long red peduncles. 



2. M. globularis Salisb. : leaves lanceolate, glaucous beneath, except 

 the nerves, pubescent ; calyx 4-clefl ; flowers globose, octandrous. 

 M. smWiii Mich. 



